Son Gallery are pleased to present Yuri Pattison’s solo exhibition focal-plane'.

We are open late on Friday so please come and see Yuri's critically acclaimed Focal Plane: http://artforum.com/picks/section=uk'> http://artforum.com/picks/section=uk'> http://artforum.com/picks/section=uk'> http://artforum.com/picks/section=uk'> http://artforum.com/picks/section=uk'> http://artforum.com/picks/section=uk'> http://artforum.com/picks/section=uk'> http://artforum.com/picks/section=uk

In the installation traditional museum vitrines are used as a display area for complex digital media systems through which visual material is streamed. This includes found video from nuclear surveys carried out in the aftermath of the 2011 Japan earthquake, a series of photographs taken by Pattison at the derelict site of the 2004 Athens Olympics, and more ephemeral material channelled through a live internet feed from social media websites and tumblr’s. The gallery itself, painted in unconventional, neutral colours and with the vitrine packing cases set as a spectating area, creates an engaging physical space intended to foreground virtual material.

Pattison’s display methods elevate the impermanence of the digital file alongside the permanence of traditional artistic media, he says, “this mirrors my interest in how the internet has collapsed time: that while everything is changing at an amazing pace, the recent past is also as present as ever.” As a result dystopic themes recur in Pattison’s work as an increasingly accessible past haunts an increasingly disposable now. This sentimnet is countered, however, by the creative opportunities Pattison evokes in such cross-overs.

Son Gallery are pleased to present Yuri Pattison’s solo exhibition \\\'focal-plane\\\'. In the installation traditional museum vitrines are used as a display area for complex digital media systems through which visual material is streamed. This includes found video from nuclear surveys carried out in the aftermath of the 2011 Japan earthquake, a series of photographs taken by Pattison at the derelict site of the 2004 Athens Olympics, and more ephemeral material channelled through a live internet feed from social media websites and tumblr’s. The gallery itself, painted in unconventional, neutral colours and with the vitrine packing cases set as a spectating area, creates an engaging physical space intended to foreground virtual material.

Pattison’s display methods elevate the impermanence of the digital file alongside the permanence of traditional artistic media, he says, “this mirrors my interest in how the internet has collapsed time: that while everything is changing at an amazing pace, the recent past is also as present as ever.” As a result dystopic themes recur in Pattison’s work as an increasingly accessible past haunts an increasingly disposable now. This sentimnet is countered, however, by the creative opportunities Pattison evokes in such cross-overs.

The gallery exhibition will be accompanied by an online intervention effected by Pattison on the Son Gallery website ( http://www.songallery.co.uk'> http://www.songallery.co.uk'> http://www.songallery.co.uk'> www.songallery.co.uk). This will be an interactive installation linking in content from the gallery exhibition.

Yuri Pattison (b.Dublin) studied at Goldsmith’s College of Art and currently lives and works in London. His practice explores the ways in which digital media creates and disseminates visual material, often his projects include elements of networking, using online platforms, and collaboration. As well as pursuing his own practice he works within the collaborative framework of LuckyPDF and is a co-founder of creative collective Off Modern.

Come on down to Son Gallery next Tuesday for the private view of Guy Gormley's 'Inside Polytunnel'.

In his second solo-exhibition at Son Gallery Guy Gormley will exhibit new images from his recent explorations with digital and analogue image making. The selection includes photographs taken on a journey from London to Unst, in the Shetlands, the northern most point of the British Isles.

The first performance of JocJonJosch's 'Existere' is this Saturday at Tesbed 1.

- - - - - - Over 70 volunteers creating a 'shelter' made out out of naked human bodies.

The 'shelter' will be held in an endured embrace, dismantle, and be reformed throughout the performances.

Book your free tickets at http://www.jocjonjosch.com'> www.jocjonjosch.com

See http://www.songallery.co.uk'> www.songallery.co.uk for more information